At Relativity Space, we’re building rockets to serve today’s needs and tomorrow’s breakthroughs. Our Terran R vehicle will deliver customer payloads to orbit, meeting the growing demand for launch capacity. But that’s just the start. Achieving commercial success with Terran R will unlock new opportunities to advance science, exploration, and innovation, pioneering progress that reaches beyond the known.
Joining Relativity means becoming part of something where autonomy, ownership, and impact exist at every level. Here, you're not just executing tasks; you're solving problems that haven’t been solved before, helping develop a rocket, a factory, and a business from the ground up. Whether you’re in propulsion, manufacturing, software, avionics, or a corporate function, you’ll collaborate across teams, shape decisions, and see your work come to life in record time. Relativity is a place where creativity and technical rigor go hand in hand, and your voice will help define the stories we’re writing together. Now is a unique moment in time where it’s early enough to leave your mark on the product, the process, and the culture, but far enough along that Terran R is tangible and picking up momentum. The most meaningful work of your career is waiting. Join us.
About the Team:
Our Talent Acquisition team is responsible for supporting Relativity’s best-in-class team, as well as strategically managing our hiring pipelines to help us find the very best to join our company. On this team, you are given the opportunity to work across many teams and projects, while also helping to set the tone for Relativity’s company values and culture. In addition to recruiting coordination, you will also support employer & talent brand efforts, as well as candidate experience and more.
We are seeking a Manager, Recruiting Coordination to join our Talent Acquisition team and lead a team of recruiting coordinators who will optimize our hiring process and take our candidate experience to the next level. In this position, you’ll work closely with Talent Acquisition leadership and key stakeholders to ensure success and consistency in process, progress, and service levels.
About the Role:
- Leadership & People Management
- Lead, coach, and develop a team of Recruiting Coordinators; provide regular feedback, career development planning, and performance management.
- Build team culture and engagement, fostering a collaborative and inclusive environment.
- Establish clear goals and accountability for service levels, ensuring operational excellence across all coordination activities.
- Operational Excellence & Process Ownership
- Own and optimize the recruiting coordination function to ensure consistency, quality, and scalability across the organization.
- Oversee interview scheduling operations, stepping in to support when needed, while driving efficiency improvements.
- Recommend, design, and implement process enhancements to improve efficiency in scheduling, communication, and candidate experience.
- Strategic Program Ownership
- Develop and lead programs that improve candidate experience, interviewer readiness, and overall recruiting efficiency.
- Partner with TA Operations, Employer Brand, and HR teams to support cross-functional initiatives (e.g., interviewer training, candidate communications, recruiting events).
- Own the governance of Greenhouse ATS workflows and scheduling tools; ensure consistency in usage and adoption across the TA team.
- Data & Insights
- Define and monitor program success metrics, using data to evaluate operational performance and identify areas for improvement.
- Provide reporting and insights to TA leadership on coordination efficiency, candidate experience, and team performance.
- Use analytics to influence strategic decisions and resource planning.
- Cross-Functional Partnership
- Act as the primary point of contact for recruiting coordination with stakeholders across the business.
- Partner with TA leadership to align recruiting coordination priorities with company hiring goals.
- Collaborate with IT, Finance, and People Operations teams to drive efficiencies across systems and processes.
This is an onsite role. You can expect to work 5 days a week onsite at our Long Beach Headquarters.
About You:
- 6+ years of recruiting coordination experience with a minimum of 3+ years of management experience with multiple direct reports (with preference for in-house experience)
- Deep understanding of recruiting lifecycle and tooling (Greenhouse experience is required)
- Experience in building and scaling candidate, interviewer, and coordination programs
- Able to own and drive projects to completion
- Able to use data and analytics to develop insights and influence decisions
- Experience with scheduling tools, such as candidate.fyi is a plus!
At Relativity Space, we are committed to transparency and fairness in our compensation practices. Actual compensation will be determined based on experience, qualifications, and other job-related factors.
Compensation is only one part of our total rewards package. Relativity Space offers competitive salary and equity, a generous PTO and sick leave policy, parental leave, an annual learning and development stipend, and more! To see some of the benefits & perks we offer, please visit here.
We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
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Relativity Space Long Beach, California, USA Office
We have two sites in Long Beach, CA's Space Beach: "The Wormhole," a 1M sq. ft. factory, once Boeing C-17's home. Nearby, "The Portal" supports Aeon R engine production for our Terran R launch vehicle.
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